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Category Archives: DarkArt
Ghostbikes that Celebrate the Cycle of Life
A “Ghost Bike” aka “Ghost-Cycle” or “White-Cycle”, is a bicycle set up as a roadside memorial in a place where a cyclist has been killed or severely injured. Apart from being a memorial, it is usually intended as a reminder to passing motorists to … Continue reading
Posted in DarkArt, StillLife
Tagged #Ghostbike, #ghostbikes, #ghostcycle, #JulianPaul, #WhiteCycle #JohnCornish
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Praise for Matilda’s Legacy for Caen
L’Abbaye-aux-Dames (aka Ladies’ Abbey and Abbey of Sainte-Trinité / Holy Trinity) sits in the parish of St. Giles in Caen, Normandy was founded by Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conqueror. The Abbey is a former monastery for women and Benedictine nuns, and … Continue reading
Hunter: For the Record – We was Rob’d
October 20, 2015 marks the fourth anniversary of the death of Rob Hunter from the legendary MC collective Syllabolix or SBX Crew. Known as Hunter or Huntz, he was an Australian MC rapper and hip hop artist known for writing raps … Continue reading
It’s Gaudi | Not gaudy!
The Gothic, high art Nouveau, Expressionist and Cubist church, Basílica y Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia (aka Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family), is commonly referred to as “La Sagrada Família”. It is a large Roman Catholic Church in Barcelona designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí. … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Artists A-Z, Cemetries & Churches
Tagged #Modernism, Antoni Gaudi, Basílica y Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia, Catalan architects, Catalan architecture, Catalan Modernism, La Sagrada Familia, Modernista movement, neo-Gothicism, notable vegetarians, Sagrada Familia
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Oranges and Lemons say the Bells of St. Clement’s
St. Clement Danes Church on London’s The Strand in the City of Westminster, was largely untouched by the Great Fire of London in 1666. The first church on this site was reputedly founded in the 9th century by the Danes, … Continue reading
The Isle of the Dead is real
The Isle of the Dead contains the remains of buried convicts and penal colonists who occupied the out-posted penal colony at Port Arthur in Tasmania from 1830-1877. According to legend, banished Irish Convict John Barron, was monarch of all he … Continue reading
Posted in Angels, Cemetries & Churches, DarkArt
Tagged Isle de Morts, Isle of the Dead, Port Arthur, Port Arthur Penal Colony., Tasmania
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The Rolling English Road…to Kensal Green
Kensal Green Cemetery was the first of the ‘Magnificent Seven’ garden-style cemeteries to be developed in London. Kensal Green consists of a 72-acre cemetery in the west of London, which was consecrated by the Bishop of London, on 24th January, 1833. … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Cemetries & Churches, DarkArt
Tagged Dark art; cemeteries, Kensal Green, London cemeteries
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This is what’s left of the “Sons of Gwalia”
Still to this day in West Australia, there are goldfields remnants of the gold rush days. After the gold boom years from 1897-1923 came the bad years of decay; when the gold beneath the ground petered out and the people … Continue reading